OT: Spanish Translation Please ("Mas Que Nada")

[l***@hiwaay.net]

This goes back to my radio days nearly 40 years ago, but I loved
playing this nice vocal and piano arrangement by Sergio Mendes &
Brazil 66. The title of the song (in spanish) is: "Mas Que Nada".

I always wanted to know the lyrics (in english) for this song. I
would be very grateful for a translation from anyone who is fluent in
spanish. (I understand that Sergio Mendes still performs to this day
and is very popular in Latin America. He's certainly a good
musician.)

Alan C. Lawhon
Huntsville, Alabama

[brewmaster]

Post by l***@hiwaay.net
This goes back to my radio days nearly 40 years ago, but I loved
playing this nice vocal and piano arrangement by Sergio Mendes &
Brazil 66. The title of the song (in spanish) is: "Mas Que Nada".
http://youtu.be/5fX0zx9dF6A
I always wanted to know the lyrics (in english) for this song. I
would be very grateful for a translation from anyone who is fluent in
spanish. (I understand that Sergio Mendes still performs to this day
and is very popular in Latin America. He's certainly a good
musician.)
Alan C. Lawhon
Huntsville, Alabama

Google "mas que nada lyrics", then copy them to "translate.google.com" and
click spanish -> english.

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"Nothing But That"

Post by l***@hiwaay.net
This goes back to my radio days nearly 40 years ago, but I loved
playing this nice vocal and piano arrangement by Sergio Mendes &
Brazil 66. The title of the song (in spanish) is: "Mas Que Nada".
http://youtu.be/5fX0zx9dF6A
I always wanted to know the lyrics (in english) for this song. I
would be very grateful for a translation from anyone who is fluent in
spanish. (I understand that Sergio Mendes still performs to this day
and is very popular in Latin America. He's certainly a good
musician.)
Alan C. Lawhon
Huntsville, Alabama

RazzO
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Post by RazzO
"Nothing But That"

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Oariá raiô Obá Obá Obá Oariá raiô Obá Obá Obá mas que nada black eyed peas
came to make it hotter we beat the party starters bubblin up just like
lava like lava heated like a sauna penetrating thru your body armor
rhythmically we massage ya with hip hop mixed up with samba with samba so
yes yes y`all you know we never stop we never rest y`all the black eyed
peas are keeping it funky fresh y`all and we wont stop until we get y'all,
til we get y'all sayin' Oariá raiô Obá Obá Obá Oariá raiô Obá Obá Obá
peter piper picked peppers but Tab rocked ryhmes 1,2,3,4, several times
heavy rotation played by every kind radio stations blastin' every mind we
crossing boundaries like everyday to rock ya robbie bobbie beamer on the
bay we got we got tab magnification tab magnified like every day so yes
yes y'all you know we never stop we never rest y`all y`all the black eyed
peas will keep it funky fresh y`all and we wont stop until we get y'all,
til we get y'all sayin Oariá raiô Obá Obá Obá (lá, lá, lá, lá, lá) Oariá
raiô Obá Obá Obá drop hot hot be my daily operation got to put it work in
this crazy occupation gotta keep it movin' that's the motivation gotta
ride the waves and keep a tight relation with my team keeping moving and
doing it right i've been in a lab every day til daylight that's the way
things move in this monkey business we took a old samba song and remixed
it Mas que nada Sai da minha frente Eu quero passar Pois o samba esta
animado O que eu quero e sambar Este samba Que e misto de maracatu E samba
de preto velho Samba de preto tu mas que nada, we gonna make you feel lil
hotter the peas and Sergio Mendes heating up sambaaaa bada, bada, bada,
baaaaaa sergio play your piano sergio play your yo yo yo yo piano
(echoing) check it out Oariá raiô Obá Obá Obá (lá, lá, lá, lá, lá) Oariá
raiô Obá Obá Obá (lá, lá, lá, lá, lá) Oariá raiô Obá Obá Obá (repeat two
times) Este samba Que e misto de maracatu E samba de preto velho Samba de
preto tu (lá, lá, lá, lá, lá)
Oariá raiô
Oba Oba Oba
Oariá raiô
Oba Oba Oba

More than anything else
black eyed peas came to make it hotter
We beat the party starters
bubblin up just like lava
like lava heated like a sauna
penetrating through Your Body Armor
We already massage rhythmically
with hip hop mixed up with samba
with samba so yes yes and `all
You know we never stop
we never rest and `all
The Black Eyed Peas are keeping it fresh and funky `all
and we wont stop until we get y'all, til we get y'all sayin '

Oariá raiô
Oba Oba Oba
Oariá raiô
Oba Oba Oba

Peter Piper picked peppers but Tab rocked ryhmes
1,2,3,4, several times
heavy rotation played by every kind
radio stations blastin 'every mind
We Crossing boundaries like everyday
to rock and robbie Bobbi beamer on the bay
we got we got tab magnification magnified tab
Like every day

so yes yes y'all
you know we never stop we never rest and all `and` all
The Black Eyed Peas will keep it fresh and funky `all
and we wont stop until we get y'all, til we get y'all sayin

Oariá raiô
Oba Oba Oba (la, la, la, la, la)
Oariá raiô
Oba Oba Oba

drop hot hot be my daily operation
got to put it work in this crazy occupation
gotta keep it movin 'that's the motivation
gotta ride the waves and keep a tight relation
with my team keeping moving and doing it right
I've been in a lab every day til daylight
that's the way things move in this monkey business
we took a old samba song and remixed it

More than anything else
Sai da minha front
Eu Quero passar
Pois or samba this animated
O que eu quero and Samba
This samba
That e misto of maracatu
E-samba Preto Velho
Samba of your Preto

More than anything, we gonna make you feel hotter lil
the peas and Sergio Mendes heating up sambaaaa
bada, bada, bada, baaaaaa
sergio play your piano sergio play your piano me me me me (echoing)

Check it out


Oariá raiô
Oba Oba Oba (la, la, la, la, la)
Oariá raiô
Oba Oba Oba (la, la, la, la, la)


Oariá raiô
Oba Oba Oba

(Repeat two times)
This samba
That e misto of maracatu
E-samba Preto Velho
Samba of your preto (la, la, la, la, la)

Post by RazzO

Post by l***@hiwaay.net
This goes back to my radio days nearly 40 years ago, but I loved
playing this nice vocal and piano arrangement by Sergio Mendes &
Brazil 66. The title of the song (in spanish) is: "Mas Que Nada".
http://youtu.be/5fX0zx9dF6A
I always wanted to know the lyrics (in english) for this song. I
would be very grateful for a translation from anyone who is fluent in
spanish. (I understand that Sergio Mendes still performs to this day
and is very popular in Latin America. He's certainly a good
musician.)
Alan C. Lawhon
Huntsville, Alabama

RazzO
"Your all is idiots!" - Mike Matusow

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[Joe Mion]

Post by l***@hiwaay.net
I always wanted to know the lyrics (in english) for this song. I
would be very grateful for a translation from anyone who is fluent in
spanish. (I understand that Sergio Mendes still performs to this day
and is very popular in Latin America. He's certainly a good
musician.)

To begin with, it's not Spanish, it's Portuguese. They're very close
but dissimilar enough.

I'm familiar with the version by Jorge Ben which is awesome.

Alas, a web search revealed no English translation, and I know of no
one who speaks Portuguese.

(Well, come to think of it, I know several people who are Portuguese
natives, but, alas, they live in Portugal.)

But, yes, a very good song.

Nonetheless, I am a patient man, and I fed the lyrics, a verse at a
time, through my Apple Dashboard Universal Translator widget and came
up with the following, slightly cleaned up:

But That Nothing
It leaves my front
That I want to pass
Therefore the samba is livened up
And what I want is to samba

This samba
That is mixing of maracatu Samba
Of Old Black color Samba
of Tutú.
Black color.

But That Nothing
A samba as this so legal
You do not go to want
That I arrive in the end

Ô But That Nothing!
Ô But That Nothing!
Ô But That Nothing!
Ô But That Nothing!
This samba is gostoso
This dance is of the nothing

The translator seemed to get hung up on "maracatu" and "gostoso." My
guess is that "maracatu" probably refers to maracas (the instrument).
I have no guess for "gostoso." That word did not show up in the Sergio
Mendes lyrics, though I suspect the Mendes version I saw was
abbreviated and incomplete.

Other than that, you can easily see that the words are quite
substantive and important. Very, um, samba-ish.

I bet you regret asking.

---Joseph

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Post by Joe Mion

I always wanted to know the lyrics (in english) for this song.  I
would be very grateful for a translation from anyone who is fluent in
spanish.  (I understand that Sergio Mendes still performs to this day
and is very popular in Latin America.  He's certainly a good
musician.)

To begin with, it's not Spanish, it's Portuguese. They're very close
but dissimilar enough.
I'm familiar with the version by Jorge Ben which is awesome.
Alas, a web search revealed no English translation, and I know of no
one who speaks Portuguese.
(Well, come to think of it, I know several people who are Portuguese
natives, but, alas, they live in Portugal.)
But, yes, a very good song.
Nonetheless, I am a patient man, and I fed the lyrics, a verse at a
time, through my Apple Dashboard Universal Translator widget and came
But That Nothing
It leaves my front
That I want to pass
Therefore the samba is livened up
And what I want is to samba
This samba
That is mixing of maracatu Samba
Of Old Black color Samba
of Tutú.
Black color.
But That Nothing
A samba as this so legal
You do not go to want
That I arrive in the end
Ô But That Nothing!
Ô But That Nothing!
Ô But That Nothing!
Ô But That Nothing!
This samba is gostoso
This dance is of the nothing
The translator seemed to get hung up on "maracatu" and "gostoso."  My
guess is that "maracatu" probably refers to maracas (the instrument).  
I have no guess for "gostoso."  That word did not show up in the Sergio
Mendes lyrics, though I suspect the Mendes version I saw was
abbreviated and incomplete.
Other than that, you can easily see that the words are quite
substantive and important.  Very, um, samba-ish.
I bet you regret asking.
---Joseph

I am Brazilian (Portuguese is my mother language).

Gostoso, literally, means delicious. However, in this case it means
nice/good to listen/hear.

Maracatu is an Afro-Brazilian performance genre (music), not maracas
like you said.